stationkeeping love

Definitions

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  • noun nautical The maintenance of a ship's position relative to others in a fleet or convoy
  • noun by extension The maintenance of a satellite in geosynchronous orbit over a desired spot

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Examples

  • Ion thrusters are used in comsats only for stationkeeping, I believe.

    Astronauts Once Again Demonstrate Why Humans Must be a Part of Space Exploration - NASA Watch 2009

  • The performance of the system is ideally suited for orbit raising, stationkeeping and orbit repositioning.

    Things We Used To Do - NASA Watch 2009

  • Ion thrusters are used in comsats only for stationkeeping, I believe.

    Astronauts Once Again Demonstrate Why Humans Must be a Part of Space Exploration - NASA Watch 2009

  • GOES-12 remains in power positive stationkeeping mode (thruster attitude control) with all subsytems safe.

    GOES-12 Problems - NASA Watch 2007

  • Organic material gets sucked into cooling vents and stationkeeping thrusters when you land.

    DARK VICTORY WILLIAM SHATNER 1999

  • In particular, the extremely poisonous UDMH used in the Proton and Titan rockets, and in most satellite stationkeeping systems, works out to about $50 per kilo, mostly because it is unsafe to handle.

    Irish Blogs Robert Synnott 2010

  • After briefly stationkeeping about 375 feet directly beneath the Pirs module, Russian flight controllers gave approval to commence the 8-minute final approach.

    Spaceflight Now 2009

  • After briefly stationkeeping about 375 feet directly beneath the Pirs module, Russian flight controllers gave approval to commence the 8-minute final approach.

    Spaceflight Now 2009

  • Some patrols, some monitoring, some stationkeeping. "

    Flash ModesittJr_LE 2004

  • The Enterprise was stationkeeping in the Oort cloud of Bajor’s system, tens of millions of kilometers away, so no record of her presence here could be made.

    DARK VICTORY WILLIAM SHATNER 1999

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